Windy urban spaces
You don't have to live on a hill or open countryside to experience windy conditions. In this section, plants have been selected which suit garden spaces in the urban environment. For example, new build properties where gardens are typically exposed and the soil often quite poor.
1. Create a living windbreak (windy urban)
318 plants
2. Climbers (windy urban)
70 plants
3. Shrubs for structure (windy urban)
351 plants
4. Feature plants (windy urban)
134 plants
5. Containers and pots (windy urban)
492 plants
6a. Flowers every year (windy urban)
1449 plants
6b. Roses (windy urban)
1182 plants
7. Ferns, grasses, hostas and other foliage plants (windy urban)
469 plants
8. Ground cover and small plants (windy urban)
218 plants
All plants (4215)
Euonymus fortunei 'Harlequin'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Silverstone'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Sunspot'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei Blondy = 'Interbolwi'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei Golden Harlequin = 'Hoogi'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei Goldy = 'Waldbolwi'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus japonicus 'Francien'
Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Green Rocket'
Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Microphyllus Aureovariegatus'
Small leaved variegated Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus Paloma Blanca = 'Lankveld03'
Japanese spindle
Euonymus Pierrolino = 'Heespierrolino'
Spindle
Fatsia japonica
False castor oil plant, Glossy leaved paper plant, Japanese fatsia, Japanese aralia
Fatsia japonica 'Spiders Web'
False castor oil plant, Glossy leaved paper plant, Japanese fatsia, Japanese aralia
Festuca glauca 'Golden Toupee'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca glauca Intense Blue = 'Casblue'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Forsythia x intermedia 'Goldrausch'
Border forsythia
Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood Variety'
Golden bell, Border forsythia
Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis'
Golden bell, Border forsythia
Forsythia x intermedia Minigold = 'Flojor'
Golden bell, Border forsythia
Forsythia x intermedia Weekend = 'Courtalyn'
Golden bell, Border forsythia
Gaultheria procumbens
Creeping wintergreen, Checkerberry, Teaberry, Mountain tea, Partridge berry
Geranium 'Ann Folkard'
Geranium 'Anne Thomson'
Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'
Geranium 'Mavis Simpson'
Riversleaianum geranium
Geranium 'Old Rose'
Geranium 'Orion'
Geranium himalayense 'Baby Blue'
Lilac cranesbill, Himalayan cranesbill
Geranium macrorrhizum
Large rooted geranium, Balkan cranesbill, Rock cranesbill, Bulgarian geranium
Geranium pratense 'Midnight Reiter'
Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium
Geranium renardii
Renard's geranium
Geranium Rozanne = 'Gerwat'
Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei'
Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill
Geranium wallichianum 'Buxton's Variety'
Wallich's geranium
Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Karmina'
Cambridge hybrid geranium
Hakonechloa macra
Hakone grass, Urahagusa, Japanese reed grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea'
Hakone grass, Urahagusa, Japanese reed grass
Hebe pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii'
Fat leaf hebe
Hedera algeriensis 'Gloire de Marengo'
Algerian ivy, African ivy, Wildenow, Canary Island ivy
Hedera colchica 'Sulphur Heart'
Persian ivy, Colchis ivy, Bullock's heart ivy
Hedera helix 'Eva'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera helix 'Glacier'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera helix 'Goldchild'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera helix 'Oro di Bogliasco'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera hibernica
Atlantic ivy, Irish ivy
Helenium 'Mardi Gras'
Sneezeweed, Helen's flower
Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty'
Sneezeweed
Helenium 'Red Jewel'
Sneezeweed, Helen's flower